Personal Narrative: Where I Am From

Where I’m From
I am from card games, and erector sets,
Tetherball, and baseball,
Hearts, rummy, and from football too.

I am from reading and camping, from model planes and model cars, and model human bodies.

I am from Elvis Presley and Ricky Nelson, and from The Platers, and Dion.
I am from Rogers Smith and Connie Francis.

I am from Charleston Chew the savory chocolate covered nougat, and M&M’s,from Hershey bars, and Milky Ways.

I am from Seventy Seven Sunsets Strips, and Bonanza, from Gunsmoke and Have Gun-Will Travel,
I am from Nancy Drew and Gone With the Wind, from Aldous Huxley and super hero comic books.

I am from “Kookie Kookie lend me your comb” and “Cool Man”, from a mom and a chiropractor, from a doctor and nurse.